About the author (1941)

J.A. Rogers was an anthropologist and historian whose pioneering work in Black Studies was little appreciated during his lifetime. Among his many books are "Superman to Man" and "Sex and Race. World's Great Men of Color" was completed in 1947 but was published only in a small private edition. This edition has been brought up to date with an introduction, commentaries, and bibliographical notes by John Henrik Clarke, editor of "Malcolm X: The Man and His Times" and "Harlem, U.S.A.